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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187850 | Method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the enterobacteriaceae family with attenuated expression of the gene The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea, which has been modified to attenuate expression of the ybiV ge... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8158399 | Extracellular bioreduction A method for processing environmental or industrial samples to remove, reclaim or otherwise reduce the level of chemical species present in the sample that act as redox active species. The redox active species is kept in a waste chamber and is separated from an aque... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8129158 | Apparatus and method of using an agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system An agricultural waste digester and biogas generation system. The system includes a digester assembly having a cylindrical body, a hollow interior, a center axis and a plurality of wheel segments within the interior of the digester assembly. A gas conduit extends fro... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8119379 | Method for the production of an immunostimulant milk product and uses thereof A method for the production of an immunostimulant milk product, characterized in that bioconversion is carried out on or a milk substrate with the aid of a Bifidobacterium culture by keeping said substrate in contact with said culture in conditions which are ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8062873 | Horizontal array bioreactor for conversion of syngas components to liquid products A membrane supported bioreactor arrangement and method for anerobic conversion of gas into liquid products including membrane modules having hollow fibers, each of the hollow fibers formed from an asymmetric membrane wall having a porous outer layer defining biopore... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7820420 | Compositions including ammonia oxidizing bacteria to increase production of nitric oxide and nitric oxide precursors and methods of using same A method of enhancing health through the generation in close proximity of a surface of a subject, nitric oxide and nitric oxide precursors using bacteria adapted to oxidize ammonia and urea derived from perspiration is described. Local and systemic effects are descr... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7741085 | Compound WS727713 The present invention relates to a compound WS727713, useful as a modulator of melanocortin receptors, and a process for its production by culturing in a culture medium the actinomycetes strain of the genus Pseudonocardia, deposit number FERM BP-7570 a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7678557 | Methods for the accumulation and retention of immune-enhancing, bacterial-derived ribonucleotides (ORN) in bacteria The invention relates to methods for the accumulation and retention of immune-enhancing, bacterial-derived ribonucleotides smaller than 10,000 Daltons (ORN | 03/16/2010 |
| 7670814 | Microbial production of vitamin C The present invention provides a process for the production of vitamin C from a substrate, such as for instance L-sorbosone using a microorganism belonging to the genus Ketogulonicigenium. ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7666638 | Selenium-enriched biomass, method for preparing thereof and probiotic and nutraceutical products including said biomass The invention relates to a selenium-enriched biomass containing live microorganisms selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus reuteri, Lactobacillus ferintoshensis, Lactobacillus buchneri/parabuchneri and combinations thereof, a method of preparatio... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7582459 | Process for producing a capsular polysaccharide for use in conjugate vaccines A method for producing a polysaccharide and a conjugate vaccine including the polysaccharide produced according to the method. A characteristic step in the method is that the pH of the culture medium is kept at a constant value with base or acid until adjustment wit... | 09/01/2009 |
| 7550279 | Amylose and amylopectin derivatives Disclosed herein is a method for harvesting amylose host material comprising enzymatically treating starch after the starch has been chemically modified to uniformly insert a steric hindrance substituent. ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7390644 | Production of exopolysaccharides unattached to the surface of bacterial cells The present invention is directed to a Sphingomonas bacteria and a method of producing exopolysaccharides by culturing a Shpingomonas bacteria in a fermentation broth for a time and temperature effective for providing a sphingan exopolysaccharide in a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7364881 | Biological process for the conversion of nitroarenes to ortho-aminophenols using recombinant strains A process for biological production of ortho-aminophenols from nitroaromatic compounds using recombinant E. Coli strains. The process uses an enzyme system that makes use of a nitroreductase enzyme that initially reduces the nitroarene to the hydroxylaminoare... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7354616 | Modified oilseed material with a high gel strength Modified oilseed material with a high gel strength is described. The modified oilseed material can be utilized in a variety of nutritional applications, including the preparation of protein supplemented food products such as processed meat products. The modified oil... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351558 | Solventless extraction process The present invention provides a method for extracting lipids from microorganisms without using organic solvent as an extraction solvent. In particular, the present invention provides a method for extracting lipids from microorganisms by lysing cells and removing wa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7326689 | Pseudomycins useful against plant diseases Plants and crops subject to attack by fungal related diseases are protected or treated by the application of Pseudomycin compositions which were originally isolated from Pseudomonas syringae. ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314741 | Anaerobic ammonium oxidation for water treatment in recirculating aquaculture Disclosed herein are planctomycetes sp. which convert ammonia to nitrogen under anaerobic conditions, filtration and aquaculture systems comprising said bacteria, filtration media comprising said bacteria, and methods of filtration using said bacteria. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314732 | Drug and manufacturing method of same The drug of the present invention, and a method of manufacturing the drug are so arranged that a photosynthetic bacterium is incubated together with a lactic acid bacterium so as to cause the photosynthetic bacterium to produce a viscous material in a liquid medium,... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7294483 | Process for producing recombinant polypeptides via a glycerol phosphate or sugar phosphate feed A process is described for producing a polypeptide heterologous to E. coli wherein E. coli cells comprising nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide are cultured in a culture medium while feeding to the culture medium a transportable organophosphate, such... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7273624 | Stable dosage forms containing ubiquinones The invention relates to stable solid dosage forms for peroral administration containing, in addition to an ubiquinone, at least one thermoplastically processible matrix-forming auxiliary agent. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7256024 | Tyrissamycin antibiotic A novel tyrosyl diester antibiotic is obtained from fermentation of a recombinant strain of Streptomyces lividans designated Stretomyces lividans WD 15684 (ATCC-202143). The new antibiotic, designated tyrissamycin, exhibits antibacterial activity, part... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253206 | Phenalenone derivatives, processes for preparation and use thereof The present invention provides novel phenalenone derivatives of formula (I) which are formed by the microorganism Penicillium herquei Bainer & Sartory, DSM 14142, during fermentation. A process for their preparation, their use as pharmaceutical compositions, ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7252972 | Methods for secretory production of proteins The object of the present invention is to provide a method of producing a heterologous protein by making a coryneform bacterium to produce and efficiently extracellularly secrete (secreto-production) an industrially useful heterologous protein. According to the pres... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7244442 | Method for making devices using polyhydroxyalkanoate having pyrogen removed Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from which pyrogen has been removed are provided for use in numerous biomedical applications. PHAs which have been chemically modified to enhance physical and/or chemical properties, for targeting or to modify biodegradability or clearan... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7223853 | Secreted frizzled related protein fragments The invention stems from the discovery that sFRP and fragments thereof can bind to members of the Wnt family of proteins and cause an increase in Wnt biological activity. Furthermore, fragments of sFRP that do not contain the CRD domain are shown to bind to Wnt prot... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7205398 | Eta-1 gene and methods for use The present application relates to osteopontin (Eta-1) polypeptides, nucleic acids that encode Eta-1, antibodies that specifically bind to Eta-1, and methods for enhancing an immune response in an animal. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7183088 | Thermophilic microorganism strain SIM-T DSM 14043 for the production of L(+)-lactate from fermentable sugars and their mixtures Thermophilic microorganism Bacillus coagulans strain SIM-7 DSM 14043 for the production of L(+)-lactate from fermentable sugars, including dextrines and starch. The temperature of cultivation is 53–65° C. being the optimal. The final concentration of L(+)-... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172894 | Reductase gene and use of the same A gene containing a DNA having the nucleotide sequence encoding any one of the amino acid sequences of the following (a) to (e): (a) an amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) an amino acid sequence having... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7166468 | Production of the lantibiotic cinnamycin with genes isolated from A 17 kb nucleic acid fragment, which confers production of the lantibiotic cinnamycin on non-producer Streptomycete strains, has been isolated from Streptomyces cinnamoneus cinnamoneus DSM 40005 and characterized. Also provided are variants of the 17 kb fragm... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7166452 | Aminoketone asymmetric reductase and nucleic acid thereof A protein, which is an aminoketone asymmetric reductase, having an effect of producing d-pseudoephedrine by acting on 1-2-methylaminopropiophenone, and having the following physiochemical properties: substrate: 1-2-methylaminopropi... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157568 | Human estrogen receptor-β The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids encoding full-length human estrogen receptor-β (hERβ), which comprises 530 amino acids. The invention also provides isolated hERβ polypeptides and hERβ-reactive antibodies, including those that specifically r... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7144715 | Production of α-keto butyrate A process of obtaining α-keto butyrate by bioconversion is disclosed. The molecule is accumulated in the medium and is apt to subsequent processing to food ingredients, such as top-note flavors. A suitable strain is a natural ilv-3 mutant Neurospora crassa s... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141412 | Process for preparing optically active 3-hydroxypyrrolidine derivatives by enzymatic hydroxylation A process for the preparation of optically active 3-hydroxypyrrolidine or N-substituted 3-hydroxypyrrolidines, wherein an oxygen atom is inserted stereoselectively into the corresponding pyrrolidines, respectively, by use of a bacterium having hydroxylation activity... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7141411 | Decaffeinating microorganism and process of bio-decaffeination of caffeine containing solutions The present invention relates to a simple, safe, and efficient process for the complete bio-decaffeination of caffeine-containing solutions using fungus Pseudomonas alcaligenes CFR 1708, a method of isolating pseudomonas alcaligenes CFR 1708 useful for... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7125695 | Directed evolution of microorganisms The present invention provides methods for directing the evolution of microorganisms comprising the use of mutator genes and growth under conditions of selective pressure. The method discloses mutator genes which can be used in the methods of the present invention a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122216 | Vegetable oil extraction methods This invention relates to methods for treating oil bearing vegetable material, especially oilseeds. Methods of the invention provide for the isolation of certain components of oil bearing vegetable material, including isoflavones, vegetable oil, and a phosphatide fr... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118894 | Bacterial strains, methods of preparing the same and use thereof in fermentation processes for L-lysine production The invention provides novel microorganisms, methods for the production thereof and novel processes for the production of amino acids. Mutagenesis of parental bacterial strains and selection of an improved raffinate-resistant phenotype enables the isolation of strai... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7115412 | Process for the preparation of optically active 7-substituted-3-(2-aminopropyl)indole derivatives and intermediates therefor Disclosed are a process for preparation of an optically active 7-substituted 3-(2-aminopropyl)indole compound and an intermediate therefor. In the above preparation process, 7-substituted indole is reacted with L- or DL-serine in the presence of a tryptophan-synthes... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7105322 | Process for the preparation of amides A novel biotechnological process for the preparation of nitriles, starting from amides, is described. Micro-organisms of the genus Amycolatopsis, Actinomadura or Rhodococcus are employed for this process. ... | 09/12/2006 |
